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UNITED STATES PATE WILLIAM ERAS'IUS WILLIAMS, OF WILMETTE, ILLINOIS.

CARRIER USED IN MAKING BOOK AND'.OTHER MATCHES.

Application filed February 26, 1927. Serial No. 171,206.

My invention relates to the carriers which carry the match sticks orsplints and the book parts through several operations of a partially orcontinuously operating machine which cuts, sets, dips, and assembles thematches in books or may be used simply for making the matches which arepacked loosely in boxes.

The object of my invention is to produce peculiarly constructed carriersthat are cheap to manufacture and that are adapted to so carry thesplints and book parts that they may be easily operated upon byautomatic machinery to do the entire Work of making complete matches andassembling them completely into books and for packing either the matchesor the books thus manufactured into boxes and thus, in the manufacture,particularly of book matches there is required a double set of carriers.work ing in conjunction With each other, one carrying the matchesthrough the manufacture of the matches and delivering them directly to asecondary carrier which carries the covers for the books and is adaptedto be operated upon by automatic machinery to complete all the operationrequired in making and assembling the book parts. These two carriers,while they are substantially of the same generic character, there is adifferentiation in regard to the handling of the cover parts of thebooks.

I here show two types of carrier which must operate in conjunction witheach other in the manufacture of books by automatic machinery using thissystem of carriers.

Reference will be had to the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 isaside elevation of the carrier strip and its moving mechanism whichcarrier strip is used in the manufacture of the matches.

Fig. 2 shows a plan of Fig. 1 on which is mounted the carrier strip ofFig. 1, the blanks from which the match sticks are cut.

Fig. 3 shows a similar view to that of Fig. 2 showing the incisions thatare to be made separating the match blanks of Fig. 2 into individualsplints. Fig. 4 is a cross-section of shown in Figs. 2 and 3. V

Fig. 5 shows the results of the next step in the operation of shearingthe match blanks ofFig. 2 into the individual splints for making matchesand placing them in the the carrier as carrier.

form required for dipping the matches in the dipping operation.

Fig. 6 is a similar view to that of Fig. 5 showing the match sticksafter being dipped ialndlfor carrying in the drying operation for eac s.

Fig. 7 is a plan view of the carrier for the' book parts showing thesame in positionready to receive the cover.

Fig. 8 is a transverse sectional elevation of what is shown in Fig. 7but showing in addition to Fig.

Fig. 9 is a similar view to that of 8 but with the matches in place onthe book cover ready to be secured therein.

Fig. 10 is a side elevation of the carrier shown in Figs. 8 and 9 in theposition of a closed bookor the cover part embracing the matches readyto be secured thereon.

Fig. 11 is a transverse elevation of the Fig. 13 is a transverseelevation of what is shown in Fig. 12 with the partsin the same positionas that of Fig. .12.

Fig. 14 is a plan view of the tip ends only of the clasps lookingdownward from the top of Figs. 10 and 11.

In both of these carriers I prefer to use a thin steel tempered strip ofwhat might be termed band saw steel or any other material suitable forthis purpose. The strip for carrying the matches in the manufacture ofthe matches as indicated by Figs. 1-6 inclusive is indicated by'2. Theupper edge of this strip 2 is notched out leaving sharp projections 8and blunt separating portions 4 on the top edge of the strip. The sharpprojections 3 penetrating the material of the splints as the same placedthereon by automatic machinery or by hand while theblunt portions 4occupy the space between the match splint blanks and serve theadditional purpose-of furnishing a bearing surface on the top edge ofthe strip 2 that permits it to be held down and in place by means of topguides when the same is required dur- 7 a book cover placed on the v ingthe travel of this strip or carrier through the machine.

Into the lower edge of the strip 2 there are cut the rack teeth 5 whichare engaged and driven by suitable gears 6 arranged at various intervalsof travel of the carrier strip 2 in its travel through the machine.Suitable side guides and top guides are providcd to direct the stripthrough the machine, the top guide bearing, as it were, on the tops ofthe blunt projections 1 thus protecting the sharp ends of the small pinsor projections 3.

In the use of the carrier strip 2 the material, out of which the matchsticks or splints are to be made, is cut out of small sections 7 andimpaled upon the pins 3 as indicated by Fig. 2. This operation takesplace at a given position of the carrier strip 2 in the machine and thenext operation is that of cutting the sections 7 into the individualsplints as indicated by Figs. 3, 4, and 5 which is done by suitable dieswhich operate on each side of the carrier strip 2.

The carrier strip 2 is made very long and connected as an endless stripto travel as one might say like the cable of a cable street railwayaround through all the different positions required in the manufactureof matches and back to the starting point after the matches have beenmade and discharged from the carrier strip 2. After the matches havebeen sutliciently dried in position on the carrier as shown by Fig. 6the carrier passing through any suitable drying chamber, the carrier 2is trained over and above the secondary carrier which carries the bookcovers and the matches are cut by automatic machinery or otherwise offfrom the carrier strip 2 and deposited in position on the book cover onthe carrier which carries the book covers. This latter carrier isindicated in Figs. 7-13 inclusive.

The carrier for the book parts is made out of a steel strip 8substantially similar to the steel strip 2; in general terms similar tothe strip 2 and it is provided with sharp projecting points or pins 9but does not have blunt portions 4 of the carrier strip 2, but isprovided with the rack teeth 10 on the lower edge by means of which itis carried around in its circuit in the same manner as that for thecarrier strip 2. The carrier strip 8 is provided with small blocks 11riveted through the strip 8 and to each other, one on each side of thestrip 8 placed from center to center exactly the width of the bookcovers and in the lower outer sides of the blocks 11 there are notches12 by means of which the carrier strips are held in an upright positionby the guide bars 13 one on each side of the strip having projections 14which engage the notches 12 and thus hold the carrier and its connectedparts in an upright position but with freedom to travel longitudinallyalong the carrier guide pieces 13.

Hinged at 15 on each of the blocks 11 in continuous succession there areclasp mem bers 16 and 17, the clasp member 16 having its outer endnotched out in if-shape form as indicated by 18, Fig. 7, and its outerends turned over as indicated by 19. V

In these ends there are the little notches 20, see Fig. 14, whichembrace the outer end 21 ofthe clasp 17 which end also is provided withlittle notches 22 which register in the notches 20 and thus hold theclasps in the forms shown inFigs. lO-and 11, the outer ends 19 of, theclasp 16 springing outward si thciently to admit the end 21 of the claspThus the first step in the assembly of the books is to impale the covers23 onto the pins 9 of the carrier strip 8 as shown in Fig. 8 and thenext step is to cut the matches free from the strip 2 and drop them downinto the covers 23 as shown in Fig. 9. Then the clasps 16 and 17 areturned upward and interlock together as shown by Figs. 10 and 11 theupper ends of the clasps appearing in the plan in Fig. 14:. Then duringthe holding of the parts together as shown in Figs. 10 and 11 the wirestitching is accomplished through apertures 2 1 in the clasps 16 and 17,this stitching being indicated by 25 in Fig. 12, and thereafter theclasps are unlocked and fall in position of 12 and 13 leaving thefinisned books impaled on the pins 9 of the carrier strip 8 ready tohave the outer ends 26 of the covers folded over and tucked in place inthe normal form of a book of matches, the clasps remaining in the sameform as that of Fig. 13 until after those operations are performed atadvance steps of the carrier in the travel through the machine and thecompleted books finally removed from the pins 9 and the clasps againreturned to the normal position of Fig. 8 ready for a new operation, thestrip 8 being endless in form, traveling around through the cycles ofthe evolutions ofv the mechanisms, which perform the service of the workas above described. The books are in endless successionon the carrier.

In making the carrier strip in the form of the strips 2 and 8, cheapconstruction is thus accomplished and a very efficient one in the matterof providing those types of carriers that permit the automatic operations of various steps of manufacturein the making of matches of thistype. r

In place of the gear teeth for driving the carrier strips through themachine I may use perforations through the body of the strip or anyother suitable means for engaging the strip or driving it through themachine but I prefer to use the gear teeth as shown. If perforations areused'through the body of the strip, driving gears for driving thisstrip, of course, will be adapted to drive these perforations. Othermeans may be used for driving the strips namely reciprocating means ofdifferent kinds having pawls that may engage the gear teeth or otherparts of the carrier strips as may suit the convenience or desirabilityof such mechanism in connection with the machinery in which thesecarrier strips are used. I have disclosed novel features in thisapplication which are also disclosed in my co-pend-- ing applicationSer. No. 211,108, or a division thereof.

WVhat I claim is: e

1. In a match carrier of the class described, engaging points and fiatprojections on one edge ofthe strip and driving engaging means on theother edge of the strip.

2. A carrier for carrying match parts in the manufacture of matcheshaving engaging points on one edge upon which the material to be carriedis secured, blocks on each side of the said carrier strip and fastenedthereto and furnishing hinge pin centers for clasp members, claspmembers secured by the said hinge pins to the said blocks and adapted tocarry and embrace parts of the matches through the steps of manufacture.

3. A carrier strip composed of a flat strip having hinged on each sidethereof clasps adapted to fold up and hold together parts of the matchesin their assembly together.

4. A carrier in the form of a flexible strip having engaging means onthe edge of the strip and clasp members on the sides of the strip andhinged to be closed upon the match parts and open for the releasethereof.

5. A match carrier composed of a flexible strip having blocks secured oneach side thereof and said blocks adapted to assist in holding the stripin an upright position in connection with suitable guides which engagethe said blocks. 7

6. In a match carrier, a carrier body having hinged thereto claspmembers, said clasp members adapted to embrace match parts andprovidedwith locking means at the outer ends of the said clasps whereby the endsare held in engagement with each other.

7. A match carrier having a flexible body strip, clasp members hinged oneach side of the said strip and adapted to engage and hold onto the edgeof the said strip match parts and said clasps adapted to be lockedtogether at their outer ends, and said clasps provided With apertures atthe base ends of the said clasps through which wire stitching may beaccomplished permanently fastening the match parts together.

8. In a device of the class described, a carrier provided with claspsadapted to embrace and hold match parts on the carrier and said claspsprovided with locking means on their outer ends for holding the sameto-- gether in closed position.

9. In a device of the class described, a match carrier provided withclasp members mounted on each side of the body of the said carrier andthe said clasp members adapted to have their outer ends locked togetherthrough the medium of notchedends and spring engaging portions.

10. In a device of the class described, a match carrier provided withengaging clasps on each side of the said carrier and adapted to open andclose and embrace the match material between the clasps and the outerends of the said clasps adapted to be locked together by springengaging-and locking parts. I

11. In a device of the class described, a flexible band having one edgenotched out to provide a plurality of integral rack teeth and having anopposite edge cut away to provide a plurality of integral blunt bearingprojections and a plurality of impaling projections alternating withsaidbearing projections.

Signed at Chicago, and State of Illinois, ruary, 1927. r 1

WILLIAM ERASTUS WILLIAMS.

in the county of Cook this 24th day of Feb-

